Readit Newsmcone commented on Show HN: JotBird – A simple Markdown editor with one-click publishing jotbird.com... · Posted by u/mcone
I like your Markdown Guide, and I write extensively (almost exclusively) in Markdown.
But I realized several years ago that offline first is always my first requirement for a tool like this—no SaaS, no subscriptions (or freemiums), no storing important info in yet another cloud, no signups, nothing. I write markdown locally, convert it to whatever I need locally (PDF, EPUB, etc.).
I think I’d use your tool as more of a ‘whiteboard’, where I could temporarily share simple information that’s not critical or private or work-related, that I don’t mind the world seeing. Would I pay for that service? Probably not.
Thank you for the feedback!
mcone commented on Adding my home electricity uptime to status.href.cat aggressivelyparaphrasing.... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
I've seen the John Oliver videos and all, so I know this comes as a surprise to no-one but... the US needs to get its act together and build some actual infrastructure. I've heard lots of encouraging stories on the Volts podcast about it, too. Not enough, not fast enough, from what I understand.
I'm 38 and I've had power go out in my house for lots of reasons, but all of them came down to me blowing a fuse somehow. I can't remember ever having had an actual, you know, power outage. So I guess I just here to tell you over there in the US that another way is possible. :)
Do you have trees where you live? :) Because we have above-ground power lines in much of the US, wind and ice are always bringing branches down on power lines.
mcone commented on America's Greyhound bus stations are disappearing cnn.com/2024/09/28/busine... · Posted by u/drewr
The majority of Americans didn't fly anywhere last year and I'm not sure they would agree with your assessment. This is a case where more democracy — putting region airports on ballots — makes a lot of sense. If the majority of people vote for it, then by all means, subsidize it.
mcone commented on Show HN: Dirt Cheap Gold – Find the cheapest gold prices dirtcheapgold.com... · Posted by u/mcone
I have no experience or interest in buying gold, but there was something about the name that signaled intelligence and craftsmanship, and I was not disappointed.
Very clean design. Nicely done. I'd suggest cleaning up the table a little bit (remove the 1oz repetitive information, for example).
That's all I got for now, but I can see how this is one or two tweaks away from being a hit with the gold community.
Do you know where the gold community hangs out online? Perhaps some subreddits? I'd post this there, if you haven't already.
Here's my user test: https://news.pub/?try=https://www.youtube.com/embed/thCLXuZv...
Thank you for the feedback!
A small tool that does one thing: publish Markdown and give you a link—no accounts, no setup, no project scaffolding. Paste or write Markdown, click Publish, and you get a human-readable URL you can share immediately. You can update or delete the page later using the same link.
The idea came from frustration with how oddly hard it still is to put a Markdown document on the web without turning it into a repo, a static site, or a login-gated doc. JotBird is editor-light but publishing-first, and I’m now exploring CLI and editor integrations so it can act as a simple publishing layer for tools people already use.